Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I provide individual therapy to adults. I have a background as a clinical social worker and International Trauma Psychology. My work as a clinical social worker comprised largely of multiple years in community mental health with different aged populations. Since that time, International Psychology has enabled me to broaden my skill set by working across cultures, languages, and contexts, including northern Uganda and, more recently, Kenya, where I am the Co-founder and Co-Director of an NGO aimed toward youth and families.
I utilize a broad range of clinical theories and interventions depending on your needs as well as your own unique set of experiences and circumstances. These may include psychodynamic, family of origin, developmental, systems, or cognitive behavioral theories and methods of intervention. It may include also mindfulness based approaches to trauma.
I place a strong emphasis on the importance of the social, cultural, and political factors which may shape your life, or the life our your community or family, as well as inform directly the therapeutic process. As importantly, I employ a client-centered, strengths-based perspective. As such, your goals in therapy guide my approach to your care. My intent is to serve as a reminder to you of your own capacity to live a full life with minimal distress and identify assets which may garner lasting support, meaning, and relevance to you.
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Dr. Mary Schacht provides individual therapy to adults with a focus on treating stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, relationship and family conflicts, grief, parenting concerns, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. She brings 12 years of clinical experience and practices as a licensed clinical social worker in Washington.
Her clinical background includes many years working in community mental health across diverse age groups, and additional training in International Trauma Psychology. That international work has included practice in northern Uganda and more recent efforts in Kenya, where she is a co-founder and co-director of an NGO serving youth and families.
Dr. Schacht draws on a wide range of therapeutic theories and techniques and adapts interventions to fit each person’s needs and life circumstances. Approaches she may use include psychodynamic perspectives, exploration of family-of-origin and developmental factors, systems-oriented methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness-based practices for trauma.
She emphasizes how social, cultural, and political contexts shape individuals and communities and considers those influences as part of the therapeutic process. Working from a client-centered, strengths-based stance, Dr. Schacht lets clients’ goals guide treatment and aims to help people recognize their capacity for a meaningful life with reduced distress and sustainable sources of support.
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